WAC suspends UTPA basketball coach Hipsher

Edinburg, TX (SportsNetwork.com) - The Western Athletic Conference announced
on Friday the suspension of Texas-Pan American head men's basketball coach Dan
Hipsher for one game.

Hipsher was given the ban due to unspecified violations of conference
sportsmanship policy in UTPA's 67-53 loss to Utah Valley on Thursday.

"We accept the ruling of the Western Athletic Conference, and as a result, Dan
will not coach his team Saturday," UTPA director of athletics Chris King said.
"We all look forward to putting the incident behind us. Our focus now is on
Saturday night against Bakersfield and the remainder of the conference season.
Dan continues to have my full support moving forward."